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Avi Loeb (AL): A comet is defined as an object that sheds dust and gas as a result of the illumination of pockets of ice on ...

A team of astronomers including George Washington University physics Ph.D. student Eliza Neights recorded an extraordinary ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson gave a rousing defense of scientific principles in his characteristic brash way during his Purdue ...

"We might lose the ability to observe about 30% of the faintest galaxies. We are at the point of starting to be able to see ...

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Ahead of his Guggenheim Gala honor, the renowned artist discusses standing on the shoulders of the giants who came before him ...

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A Rutgers astrophysicist is helping to solve a cosmic puzzle that has astronomers scratching their heads. The mystery centers ...

Astrophysicists have achieved an eye-opening leap in understanding stellar death, capturing unprecedented, detailed images of ...

But the supermassive black hole lurking at the core of NGC 3783 is 30 million times the mass of our humble sun, and the ...